Financial records
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia Board of Trustees records
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-1990-013
Overview
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP) is a natural history museum which was founded in 1812, “for the encouragement and cultivation of the sciences, and the advancement of useful learning.” The ANSP Board of Trustees, was established in 1925, as one of the institution’s primary administrative bodies. The Board of Trustees was charged with establishing financial policies, selecting the Academy President, assisting with fund raising and community relations, and serving as a...
Dates:
1925 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1976 - 1989
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Division of Environmental Research Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0999
Overview
The Division of Environmental Research (DER) was established as a department of the Academy of Natural Sciences in 1947 by botanist and limnologist, Dr. Ruth Patrick. Originally called the Department of Limnology, the department was envisioned by Patrick as a multidisciplinary team of scientists devoted to helping protect the quality of the environment. Not only was environmental research a novel idea for the time, but the multidisciplinary nature of the research was also innovative. The...
Dates:
1952 - 1995
ANSP Treasurer Reports
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0605
Overview
This collection contains the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Treasurers' reports and other financial documents. Annual reports, appropriation documents, a budget report, two building fund reports, minutes, correspondence, one Treasurer's final account and a Trustees lease are included from the timeperiod of 1815 through 1927. The largest portion of the collection consists of Treasurers' annual reports. The financial documents in this collection provide a unique view into the...
Dates:
1815-1927
Jacob Cist correspondence and documents
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0152
Abstract
Jacob Cist (1782-1825) was an American naturalist, artist, inventor, businessman, author, treasurer and United States Postmaster. He was also one of the most important pioneers in the marketing of anthracite coal and a leading authority on its economic potential. This collection includes personal and business letters, documents, agreements, memorabilia, clippings and records of Cist's service as United States Postmaster of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. His accounts as treasurer of the...
Dates:
1794 - 1829
College of Engineering records
Collection
Identifier: UR-04-007
Overview
The College of Engineering is among the oldest colleges at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since its establishment in 1914, it has achieved many firsts. In 1915, it became the first school at Drexel permitted to grant a four-year degree; in 1919, it was the first to implement a cooperative education program, placing students in business, industrial and professional assignments as a component of their education; and, later, in 1925, it was the first to extend the cooperative...
Dates:
1930 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1956 - 1973
Evening College records
Collection
Identifier: UR-04-002
Overview
The Drexel Evening College was founded in 1891, as the Department of Lectures and Evening Classes within the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry, and held its first classes in 1892. A program of study geared towards working adults, it offered courses in drawing, decorative painting, modeling, woodcarving, stained glass, mathematics, bookkeeping, stenography and typewriting, chemistry, physics, shop work in wood and iron, cookery, dressmaking, millinery, physical culture,...
Dates:
1921 - 1993; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1988
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
/
Evening College records
Horace G. Richards Papers
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0976
Overview
Horace G. Richards (1906-1984) was a geologist at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia and an authority on the geologic formations of the Atlantic coastal plain. His research specialty focused on geology and paleontology of the Quaternary Period (approximately the past 1.8 million years), but his research interests also included Cenozoic mollusca, and marine Pleistocene geology and paleontology of the Atlantic coastal plain. Additionally, he studied climate change and coastal...
Dates:
1928-1984
Ichthyology Department Records
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0704
Scope and Contents
The collection documents the activities of the Ichthyology Department primarily from the late 1950s to the mid-1990s. The collection includes annual reports, written histories about the department and its operation, specimen collection lists, and notes on various fish collections; financial records related to endowments and general and special funds supporting the work of the department, and curatorial grant proposals and reports for National Science Foundation (NSF) funded projects; field...
Dates:
1849-2000; Majority of material found within 1957-1995
Library records
Collection
Identifier: UR-05-002
Overview
The Library records contains documentation of the Drexel University Library from its creation in 1891 to 2003. Drexel University Library has been housed in three different buildings; the Main Building (1891-1958), the Korman Center (1959-1982) and W.W. Hagerty Library (1983-2010). The library was also responsible for running the library school until 1962, with the exception of the years 1914 to 1922 when the library school was suspended. The documents in this collection constitute a record...
Dates:
1891-2013
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
/
Library records
Pennsylvania Governor's School for Information, Society & Technology records
Collection
Identifier: UR-04-046
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials from both the Drexel and PSU programs. It includes funding proposals and reports, application forms, student handbooks, student lists, programs, brochures, photographs (prints and CDs), videos (in VHS and DVD formats), and other items across 25 folders divided between 2 boxes. This collection encompasses a wide range of materials whose history covers from 1998 - 2017 in the form of institutional documents generated, disseminated and publicized during the...
Dates:
1998-2008